This is a Hungarian recipe that I was thinking to try since a while, and finally today I decided to do it. It’s a recipe I discovered on a Hungarian cookbook and on Youtube, made by one of the most famous food writers/TV conductors in Hungary (Borbás Marcsi), and probably my favorite because she is…
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Dödölle, with Spring Onions and Porcini
Here I am with a new post about Hungarian recipes. And it’s another one I really like it 🙂 Dödölle are, let’s say, kind of gnocchi, but they are then usually cooked in a pan with pork lard until they make a nice crust. Usually they are served as a main dish with a lot…
Kakaòs Csiga – Hungarian Rolled Pastry, with Cocoa
If you have been in Hungary for sure you have seen this very good sweet 🙂 It’s everywhere, it’s definitely one of the most common pastries here, and if it’s well done it’s really good, and it has nothing to envy to a croissant 🙂 actually there are 2 types of csiga: the one with…
Mangalica Festival 2018, and Detailed Information about the Amazing Mangalica Pig
(In italiano a fondo articolo) Today, since the autumn decided to arrive perfectly with the official date, we decided that it was a good idea to go to the Mangalica Fesztival held in Székesfehérvár 🙂 We didn’t expect to find as many things as in the same festival organized in Budapest, but to arrive and discover that…
4th Kenyérlelke Fesztival in Budapest
Today, 20th August in Hungary is a national holiday, the day of Saint Stephen and the day of the country. And, among other things, it is also the day of the “new bread” (“új kenyér ünnepe“), the “freshly baked bread”, which is solemnly sanctified for the first time. Since 3 years it is also the…
Lécso (Hungarian Vegetable Stew)
The lécso is a typical Hungarian vegetable stew, usually with the addition of sausage. It’s a very simple but tasty recipe, and it can be found in several different recipes through the country. Moreover is a very common dish also in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia but also in some parts of Germany (obviously with local…
Mákos Guba – Hungarian Poppy Seed Bread Pudding, with Vanilla Custard
This is an easy Hungarian dessert, to prepare fresh at the moment you need and to enjoy warm (but even when cooled down it’s good too) 🙂 and this time it was my wife to cook this recipe 🙂 Till I lived in Italy I never used poppy seeds, but here in Hungary is…
Birkapörkölt – Hungarian Sheep Stew
The Birkapörkölt is one of those recipes which fits perfectly on a Sunday lunch in a cold day or in those grey days. Pörkölt in Hungarian means stew, and this recipe can be used also for other kind of pörkölt (beef, veal, venison), with little variations. Personally I really like the particular taste of sheep…
Ököruszály leves – Hungarian Ox Tail Soup
This is my second post about traditional Hungarian recipes, following the previous Harcsapaprikás 🙂 This time it’s about a soup, the ox tail soup (Ököruszály leves in Hungarian). Well, that’s what was usually used in the past, when oxen were used as working animals and there were more of them, nowadays they are less and…
Harcsapaprikás – Hungarian Wels Catfish Stew – Stufato di Pesce Siluro
Here it is my first post about Hungarian recipes 🙂 and for sure others will follow. Of course, to make this recipe I needed the help of my wife, of her grandmother and her grandmother’s old cookbooks 🙂 As you know I like to make the things as better as possible, so for this traditional…
Polenta & Baccalá 